Investing.com – Greece equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite lost 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 8.29% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.379 at the close. Intralot (AT:INLr) added 2.59% or 0.030 points to end at 1.190 and Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) was up 2.47% or 0.120 points to 4.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which lost 4.97% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.172 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 4.56% or 0.027 points to end at 0.565 and Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) shed 3.42% or 0.017 points to 0.480.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 28 and 22 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.25 to $1228.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.08 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.0585, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8494.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 101.20.